Document Archiving: Datahaven 365 vs. Native Business Central
ABOUT THE VIDEO
The video compares two approaches for document archiving when using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Business Central) — its native archiving features vs. using a third-party add-on, Datahaven 365.
It aims to show the strengths and limitations of each method, helping companies decide which is more suitable for their document-management needs.
Differences highlighted:
Native Business Central archiving: Business Central allows archiving of sales, purchase, service orders, quotes, return orders, blanket orders — basically keeping historical document versions when records are deleted or changed.
Datahaven 365 advantages: Datahaven adds deeper document management capabilities — it integrates across departments (e.g. Sales, AP, HR, Inventory), supports electronic documents, emails, PDFs, workflows, OCR, and a “virtual folder” structure for organizing documents contextually to records.
Datahaven offers easier searching, better cross-application visibility (so documents related to customers, invoices, orders, etc. are accessible from different modules), document automation (e.g. invoice capture, AP automation, sales automation), and more flexibility compared with the built-in archiving features.
